The first Bank Holiday after Christmas this year
Christmas and Boxing Day were at a weekend this year so we got one of those strange Bank Holidays called something like Christmas Tuesday.
Mrs. Barnetboy was desperate to spend some money as the shops had been closed for a few days.
"Let's go to IKEA in Nottingham" she says. I point out that it will be more rammed than usual what with it being a public holiday and all and people will be desperate to go out and spend money after days being cooped up with their nearest and dearest.
"No," says Mrs. B "It won't be that busy on a bank holiday"
IKEA WON'T BE THAT BUSY ON A BANK HOLIDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS!!!!!! IKEA WOPULD BE BUSY THE DAY AFTER ARMAGEDDON!!!!
We had to queue on the A610 to get onto the slip road to get onto the roundabout to get onto the side road to get into the queue to get into the car park. The last half mile of the journey took over an hour.
(Barnetboy, Fri 19 Mar 2010, 12:50, 4 replies)

I'm clicking that
purely for the thought of people queueing for Ikea the day after after Armageddon.

"we need some new furniture to go with the distressed look"
(Spidge New sig needed, donations gratefully accepted., Fri 19 Mar 2010, 14:45, closed)

There will be a high percentage
of the people that survive armageddon who'll think "Hmmm I bet IKEA will be really quiet today" then they'll turn up to find that several hundred thousand others have had the same idea.
(Barnetboy, Sat 20 Mar 2010, 13:33, closed)

I feel your pain!
I live near to Notts Ikea and as a result regularly get dragged there to replace whatever item my beloved husband has managed to destroy. The queues to get in aren't the half of it! I sometimes sit down for a while and people watch. Its hilarious! All those couples that have spent hours with their tempers fraying in the car go MENTAL once inside. I swear they should offer quickie divorces at the checkouts. Next time tell her to go on her own. Keep your sanity!!!!
(Kimberelli is addicted to the shiny little magnets..., Sun 21 Mar 2010, 22:31, closed)

Bizarrely
Once we got inside the store itself was quite empty and the checkout queue was the shortest I've ever seen.

Also on the plus side, we came out with a TV cabinet/ table, a shedload of tealights, wine glasses, tumblers and low energy light bulbs for less than £100!! The car was so full we nearly had to leave the kids behind.
(Barnetboy, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:44, closed)